Course: Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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Course title Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Course code TUTP/TWC4K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lapčík Lubomír, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Colloid and surface chemistry: scope and variables. - Sedimentation and diffusion and their equilibrium. - Solution thermodynamics: osmotic and Donnan equilibria. - Rheology of dispersions. - Static and dynamic light scattering and other radiation scattering. - Surface pension and contact angle. - Adsorption from solution and monolayer formation. - Coloidal structures in surfactant solutions: association colloids. - Adsorption at gas-solid interfaces. - Van der Waals forces. - The electrical double layer and double layer interactions. - Electrophoresis and other electrokinetic phenomena. - Electrostatic and polymer-induced colloid stability.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Individual work of students
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Successfully finished university studies in technical subject orientation focused on materials science, chemistry of materials, macromolecular chemistry, technology of macromolecular substances.
Successfully finished university studies in technical subject orientation focused on materials science, chemistry of materials, macromolecular chemistry, technology of macromolecular substances.
learning outcomes
The student has knowledge about basic physico-chemical processes, properties and characteristics of studied systems.
The student has knowledge about basic physico-chemical processes, properties and characteristics of studied systems.
teaching methods
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • BOLLHORST, T., REZWAN, K., MAAS, M. Colloidal Capsules: Nano- and Microcapsules with Colloidal Particle Shells. Chemical Society Reviews 46(8), 2091-2126, 2017.
  • BUCAK, S., RENDE, D. Colloid and Surface Chemistry: A Laboratory Guide for Exploration of the Nano World. Boca Raton. Taylor & Francis, 2013.
  • Drelich, J., Laskowski, J.S., Mittal, K.L. Apparent and microscopic contact angles. Utrecht, Boston, Koln, Tokyo, 2000. ISBN 90-6764-321-1.
  • Hiemenz, P.C., Rajagopalan, R. Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997. ISBN 0-8247-9397-8.
  • KOCAK, G., TUNCER, C., BÜTÜN, V. PH-Responsive Polymers. Polymer Chemistry 8(1). Polymer Chemistry 8(1), 144-176, 2017.
  • Kontogeorgis G.M., Kiil S. Introduction to applied colloid and surface chemistry. Hoboken, 2016. ISBN 9781118881187.
  • KONTOGEORGIS, G.M., KIIL, S. Introduction to Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. ISBN 9781118881187.


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